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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Jimmy P. 2013

This
film is based on the true story of Jimmy Picard, a Blackfoot Native American
and a disabled veteran of WWII.His
sister takes Jimmy to a military hospital because he is suffering from headaches,
dizzy spells, sweating, dreams and hearing loss.The doctors can’t seem to find anything wrong with him
except his eyesight and hearing.Georges
Devereux is a French anthropologist and Native American researcher.The doctors ask him to come and try to
help this patient.Jimmy is
Georges only patient and he meets with him once a day.He’s planning to work with Jimmy until he
is well and it doesn’t matter how long it takes.They delve deeply into both the childhood and adulthood of
Jimmy to uncover the reasons for his physical problems.

If
you are looking for action, it is not in this film!!Most of the movie is about Jimmy and Georges talking and
trying to solve Jimmy’s problems with talk therapy.Once you settle in your mind that it is all talk with a few
drunken and diagnostic scenes added, you can just relax and go along with
noticing the differences in the two men and the way they unravel Jimmy’s mind.3* (This movie is OK)